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Samsung Medical Center

Korea's highest-ranked cancer hospital, a major site for Asian ADC and lung cancer trials.

Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center; leading enroller in global NSCLC, gastric, and breast ADC trials; proton therapy centre.

Location
Seoul, KR
Type
hospital
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
#3
OnCo score
#26 · 63 points (57 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 6 from 3 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • Lung cancer trials
  • Gastric cancer
  • Proton therapy

People

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Ho Yeong Lim
Professor of Medical Oncology; hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinomaSystemic therapyClinical trials

A liver cancer oncologist who has been on the steering group of several global HCC trials with strong Asian enrolment.

Jeeyun Lee
Professor of Medical Oncology; gastrointestinal cancer and precision oncology
Gastric cancerPrecision oncologyMolecular profiling

A gastric cancer trialist who pioneered biomarker-driven umbrella trials in Korea and helped bring HER2 and Claudin 18.2 agents to Asian patients.

Myung-Ju Ahn
Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology; thoracic and head-and-neck medical oncology
Lung cancerHead and neck cancerTargeted therapy

Myung-Ju Ahn is one of Asia's most prolific lung cancer trialists, a steady presence on the steering committees of the EGFR, ALK, and immunotherapy trials that set today's standards.

Won Ki Kang
Professor of Medical Oncology; gastrointestinal oncology
Gastric cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyClinical trials

A senior gastric cancer oncologist whose adjuvant and perioperative trials in Korea helped define post-gastrectomy chemotherapy.

Woong-Yang Park
Director, Samsung Genome Institute; Professor of Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer genomicsSingle-cell sequencingPrecision oncology platforms

Built the genome institute behind Samsung Medical Center's precision oncology programme and its single-cell studies of tumours.

Yeon Hee Park
Professor of Medical Oncology; breast cancer programme
Breast cancerHER2-positive diseaseYoung-onset breast cancer

Leads breast medical oncology at Samsung Medical Center and has driven Korean participation in the HER2 and CDK4/6 trials that changed practice.

Key papers

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